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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Bed Coward Night Sleep Thinking
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Care Hands Mad Man Ourselves Pity Room
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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